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In reply to the discussion: Jesus Christ!! To recap what's happened in just the last few hours... !!!!! [View all]Kid Berwyn
(14,863 posts)58. NEWS: U.S. special envoy to Ukraine resigns amid impeachment inquiry
Kurt Volker is at the center of a whistleblower complaint that prompted impeachment inquiry.
NBC News, Sept. 27, 2019, 9:16 PM ET / Updated Sept. 27, 2019, 10:22 PM ET
By Josh Lederman and Dennis Romero
The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned Friday amid a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and his dealings with the Ukraine government, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, said Thursday that Volker had encouraged him to speak to Ukranian officials regarding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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The complaint alleges that Volker went to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, to help guide Ukraine officials on how to handle Trumpss demands to look into Hunter Biden's nearly five years as a member of the board that manages Ukraine's Burisma, a natural gas producer.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1059871
NBC News, Sept. 27, 2019, 9:16 PM ET / Updated Sept. 27, 2019, 10:22 PM ET
By Josh Lederman and Dennis Romero
The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, resigned Friday amid a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and his dealings with the Ukraine government, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, said Thursday that Volker had encouraged him to speak to Ukranian officials regarding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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The complaint alleges that Volker went to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, to help guide Ukraine officials on how to handle Trumpss demands to look into Hunter Biden's nearly five years as a member of the board that manages Ukraine's Burisma, a natural gas producer.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1059871
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Jesus Christ!! To recap what's happened in just the last few hours... !!!!! [View all]
Roland99
Sep 2019
OP
"I was afraid people might misunderstand my chit-chat as advice about bonesaws"
struggle4progress
Sep 2019
#9
You're probably fine for a few hrs nap. I have to leave the house again in a couple hrs...
Roland99
Sep 2019
#12
Holy mackeral! I go away for a few hours and now see Trump could be impeached for many offences.
Doodley
Sep 2019
#14
Let's hope there will be a movie good-enough to educate the non-college white guys...
Lock him up.
Sep 2019
#70
The WB named Spiro T. Pence in the complaint; who cancelled congratulatory trip to Ukraine
flibbitygiblets
Sep 2019
#94
Yeah. Didn't notice at first. Tweet quoting it was a thread that made it seem current
Roland99
Sep 2019
#47
The system we live under has no real way to deal with massive crimes as we see revealed.
BSdetect
Sep 2019
#73
The money laundering is the most interesting because that is the one thing that could send them all
Buckeyeblue
Sep 2019
#82